1970 Prince Edward Island general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1970 Prince Edward Island general election Prince Edward Island parliamentary no no no 1966 Prince Edward Island general election 1966 1970 05 11 1974 Prince Edward Island general election 1974 All 32 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 17 Lib PE Liberal nohash Alex Campbell PE Liberal name December 11, 1965 5th Prince 17 seats, 50.5% 27 10 64,484 58.4% 7.9pp Prince Edward Island general election, 1970 results by district.svg 400px Seats won by each party per district. Voters elect two members (one Councillor and Assemblyman) from each of the 16 districts. Premier Alex Campbell PE Liberal name Premier after election Alex Campbell PE Liberal name 51st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island members PC PE PC nohash George Key September 21, 1968 PE PC name Ran in 2nd Prince (lost) 15 seats, 49.5% 5 10 46,015 41.6% 7.9pp The 1970 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 11, 1970.http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1970Report.pdf Provincial General Election Results, 1970 Elections PEI 2015-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306011317/http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1970Report.pdf 2016-03-06 dead The incumbent Liberal government of Alex Campbell was easily re-elected, gaining a total of 7.9% in the popular vote on the Tories, who dropped by the identical amount, as only the two parties ran any candidates in both the 1970 and 1966 elections.Big Grit Win in PEI (Pt. 1) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1896507// Ottawa Journal May 12, 1970 1 Newspapers.com March 1, 2015 Jean Canfield, the first woman ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, was a victorious candidate in 1st Queens in this election.Big Grit Win (Pt. 2) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1896535// Ottawa Journal May 12, 1970 25 Newspapers.com March 1, 2015 Party standings + ↓ 27 5 Liberal PC PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote1966ElectedChange#%Change PE Liberal rowLiberalAlex Campbell1727+1064,48458.4%+7.9% PE PC rowPE PC nameGeorge Key155-1046,01541.6%-7.9% Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal PE Liberal 58.36 PC PE PC 41.64Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Liberal PE Liberal 84.38 PC PE PC 15.62 Members elected The Legislature of Prince Edward Island had two levels of membership from 1893 to 1996 - Assemblymen and Councillors. This was a holdover from when the Island had a bicameral legislature, the General Assembly and the Legislative Council. In 1893, the Legislative Council was abolished and had its membership merged with the Assembly, though the two titles remained separate and were elected by different electoral franchises. Assembleymen were elected by all eligible voters of within a district. Before 1963, Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district, but afterward were elected in the same manner as Assemblymen.http://www.revparl.ca/11/2/11n2_88e_Driscoll.pdf History and Politics of Prince Edward Island Fred Driscoll Canadian Parliamentary Review Kings District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Kings     Bruce L. Stewart Liberal     Daniel J. MacDonald Liberal Progressive Conservative 2nd Kings     Walter Dingwell Progressive Conservative     Leo Rossiter Progressive Conservative 3rd Kings     William Bennett Campbell Liberal     Bud Ings Liberal 4th Kings     Lorne Bonnell Liberal     Gilbert R. Clements Liberal 5th Kings     Arthur J. MacDonald Liberal     George J. Ferguson Liberal Prince District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Prince     Russell Perry Liberal     Robert E. Campbell Liberal 2nd Prince     George Dewar Progressive Conservative     Joshua MacArthur Liberal 3rd Prince     William Gallant Liberal     Edward Clark Liberal 4th Prince     Robert Schurman Liberal     Frank Jardine Liberal 5th Prince     Earle Hickey Progressive Conservative     Alexander B. Campbell Liberal Queens District Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 1st Queens     Jean Canfield Liberal     Ralph Johnstone Liberal 2nd Queens     Sinclair Cutcliffe Liberal     Lloyd MacPhail Progressive Conservative 3rd Queens     Cecil A. Miller Liberal     Levi McNally Liberal 4th Queens     J. Stewart Ross Liberal     Daniel Compton Progressive Conservative 5th Queens     Gordon L. Bennett Liberal     Elmer Blanchard Liberal 6th Queens     Allison MacDonald Liberal     John H. Maloney Liberal Sources Further reading Saywell John John Saywell Canadian Annual Review for 1970 1971 978-0-8020-1818-2 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_d9a5 registration Category:1970 elections in Canada Category:Elections in Prince Edward Island Category:1970 in Prince Edward Island Category:May 1970 in Canada